Discussion

Wow, thats a crappy poster.
I hope the movie isn’t as boring and uninspiring.

The guy looks like he couldn’t defeat a stalk of wheat, much less have the intelligence to lead a group of man and devise a plan to rescue the Chamberlain. Hell he looks confused already 🙂
To me he also looks way too young, Sanjuro is suppose to be nearly 40 years old, and look like a man that you would follow, just because he looks like a man you should follow. This guy looks like a kid that should be chasing butterfly, not saving and taking lives.

I know its just a poster, and I shouldn’t put much weight on it, but its is very disappointing. This is first time, I’ve seen what Sanjuro is going to look like. I say wrongly casted already

Well, I am consciously acknowledging that I am biased against this and any Kurosawa remake. Kurosawa’s films are incredible on their own. They stand the test of time. I think all movies are in varying degrees derivative, but remakes are the worst of the bunch. I am trying to give the movie the benefit of the doubt since I haven’t seen it yet, and it seems the director has won many awards for his other work, but this poster does not instill any great hope. It’s quite plain and says nothing of what the movie or story is about. The design of it is uninspired. I am not quite sure how to interpret the look on the actor’s face. With Mifune, clearly it looks like he is about to kick your ass – which is exactly in line with the character. In the new one, as Jeremy noted, the actor looks like a kid who should be chasing butterflies. Additionally, his hair bothers me immensely. Perhaps I am nitpicking. I wonder if I would feel differently knowing it was a continuation of the character in another story, rather than a direct remake.